November 17, 2015

Climate Change – Forests

Climate Change – Forests

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Williams. A.P., C.D. Allen, A.K. Macalady, D. Griffin, C.A. Woodhouse, D.M. Meko, T.W. Swetnam, S.A. Rauscher, R. Seager, H.D. Grissino-Mayer, J.S. Dean, E.R. Cook, C. Gangodagamage, M. Cai, N.G. McDowell. 2012. Temperature as a potent driver of regional forest drought stress and tree mortality. Nature Climate Change.

Galos, B., S. Hagemann, A. Hansler, G. Kindermann, D. Rechid, K. Sieck, C. Teichmann, D. Jacob. 2013. Case study for the assessment of the biogeophysical effects of a potential afforestation in Europe. Carbon Balance and Management, 8:3.

Luo, Y., H.Y.H. Chen. 2013. Observations from old forests underestimate climate chang effects on tree mortality. Nature Communications, 4:1655.

Keenan, T.F., D.Y. Hollinger, G. Bohrer, D. Dragoni, J.W. Munger, H.P. Schmid, A.D. Richardson. Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise. Nature Research Letters.

Devaraju, N., G. Bala, A. Modak. 2015. Effects of large-scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remove versus local effects. PNAS Early Edition. Accessed www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1423439112.

Anderegg, W.R.L., A. Flint, C. Huang, L. Flint, J. A. Berry, F.W. Davis, J.S. Sperry, C.B. Field. 2015. Tree mortality predicted from drought-induced vascular damage. Nature Geoscience. 8:367-371.

Bright, R.M., K. Zhao, R.B. Jackson, F. Cherubini. 2015. Quantifying surface albedo and other direct biogeophysical climate forcings of forestry activities. Global Change Biology.

Higgins, S. I., S. Schelter. 2012. Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally but not globally. Nature 488:209-213.

Farrior, C. E., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, R. Dybzinski, S. A. Levin, S. W. Pacala. 2015. Decreased water limitation under elevated CO2 amplifies potential for carbon sinks.

McDowell, N. G., C. D. Allen, 2015. Darcy’s law predicts widespread forest mortality under climate warming. Nature Climate Change Letters.